Recommended by Shaun Leisher

  • Shaun Leisher: Goodnight

    WOW!!! I've read plays before that look at how disconnected we all are but this does it in such a unique way and without going on about our obsession with technology. Cool way to reveal passage of time. Plus Greta's arc is so well written and the resolution both surprises and makes total sense.

    WOW!!! I've read plays before that look at how disconnected we all are but this does it in such a unique way and without going on about our obsession with technology. Cool way to reveal passage of time. Plus Greta's arc is so well written and the resolution both surprises and makes total sense.

  • Shaun Leisher: Everlast

    These two characters are such mysteries and that's a big thing I love about this short play. They can be heartbroken, cocky and on some weird tangent all in one moment. This is a great exploration of the telling of a story and how we put ourselves in the tragedies of others at times.

    These two characters are such mysteries and that's a big thing I love about this short play. They can be heartbroken, cocky and on some weird tangent all in one moment. This is a great exploration of the telling of a story and how we put ourselves in the tragedies of others at times.

  • Shaun Leisher: All This Togetherness

    A short play with this big of a cast probably shouldn't work but it really does. The writer knows how to use such a short time to take advantage of the ensemble while also making each character distinct. I felt so invested in this play and that is thanks to the brilliant device of making us (the audience) the person all these characters are hear to meet. This play has so much heart and is just really clever.

    A short play with this big of a cast probably shouldn't work but it really does. The writer knows how to use such a short time to take advantage of the ensemble while also making each character distinct. I felt so invested in this play and that is thanks to the brilliant device of making us (the audience) the person all these characters are hear to meet. This play has so much heart and is just really clever.

  • Shaun Leisher: Winner

    This short play is so current and alive. This is a conversation that needs to be happening. It's a conversation that well-intentioned white liberals in the theatre need to hear and chew on. These characters aren't just mouth pieces for a thesis statement though. They are so complicated and layered and, most importantly, familiar.

    This short play is so current and alive. This is a conversation that needs to be happening. It's a conversation that well-intentioned white liberals in the theatre need to hear and chew on. These characters aren't just mouth pieces for a thesis statement though. They are so complicated and layered and, most importantly, familiar.

  • Shaun Leisher: The Deep End Kind

    While modern technology has changed how were remember our relationships (especially after they end), the ways we need to let go is still very much the same. This short play in an absurd comedy that feels so real and honest.

    While modern technology has changed how were remember our relationships (especially after they end), the ways we need to let go is still very much the same. This short play in an absurd comedy that feels so real and honest.

  • Shaun Leisher: Justice, INC

    A dark and twisted take on the workplace comedy that expertly reveals the mystery of what these complicated women do.

    A dark and twisted take on the workplace comedy that expertly reveals the mystery of what these complicated women do.

  • Shaun Leisher: Stacy & Mia

    A well-written character study that plays with time and place in unique ways. Would love to see this play fully produced with all the scripted movement scenes staged.

    A well-written character study that plays with time and place in unique ways. Would love to see this play fully produced with all the scripted movement scenes staged.

  • Shaun Leisher: The Journalists Creed: (Actual) emails from a (brief) career in news

    A really fascinating writing experiment that is also a really compelling piece of drama. Genuinely unique and surprising.

    A really fascinating writing experiment that is also a really compelling piece of drama. Genuinely unique and surprising.

  • Shaun Leisher: M's Teeth

    This is a wonderfully, bizarre play about grief and memory that hit me hard.

    This is a wonderfully, bizarre play about grief and memory that hit me hard.

  • Shaun Leisher: 2pm in Faith, Nebraska

    I love how the playwright doesn't make this play just about the mysterious things going on this town and the cause of it. This play is about the characters in this town how this mystery impacts their sense of community. I love how theatrical the play feels and how the playwrights asks that the "theatre magic" be visible at all times. This is a tense play but also hysterical and kind of heart warming.

    I love how the playwright doesn't make this play just about the mysterious things going on this town and the cause of it. This play is about the characters in this town how this mystery impacts their sense of community. I love how theatrical the play feels and how the playwrights asks that the "theatre magic" be visible at all times. This is a tense play but also hysterical and kind of heart warming.